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SIMGEssentials: Owel, Elephant, Kisses

“Scales” by Owel Not so many moons ago, Asbury’s own Indie-Rockers, Chemtrail, held a record release party at Asbury Lanes for the outfit’s 2011 full-length effort Youth Obsessed Death Culture.  Playing the support role that evening was the Boardwalk’s own Grunge-Punks [...]

February 11, 2013 Features, SIMGEssentials
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New Song: Space Jesus (Remix) – “Periscopes Of Consciousness” (Shpongle)

On Monday, Philadelphia by way of New Brunswick EDM auteur Space Jesus dropped a reworking of the lauded Shpongle cut “Periscopes Of Consciousness” off the UK-based Psybient music duo’s 2005 LP Nothing Lasts…But Nothing Is Lost. Upon the release of this remix, Space [...]

February 6, 2013 News, SIMGEssentials
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New Song: Surfer Blood – “Weird Shapes”

Floridian Indie-Pop outfit Surfer Blood took to Facebook this evening to release it’s new ear worm single “Weird Shapes, which can be streamed below and downloaded here. Birthed from an intense listening party of Beck tunes (according to the band in an [...]

January 28, 2013 News, SIMGEssentials
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Cold Fronts Enter Studio With Kyle “Slick” Johnson, Release New Single “Know It All”

What does Philadelphia’s Cold Fronts have in common with the likes of such Indie-Rock juggernauts as Wavves, Modest Mouse, and Cymbals Eat Guitars?  Well, aside from distributing an infectious brand of supercharged Pop concoctions with the power to move the most [...]

January 18, 2013 News, SIMGEssentials
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SIMGEssentials: Plato Zorba, Silent Lions, Ed Tang, Secret Country

“In The Shallows” by Plato Zorba When traveling down the Jersey Shore Middletown, NJ is never anyone’s primary destination.  At best it’s a weigh station to fill your cooler with even colder ones en route to the state’s southern most [...]

January 7, 2013 Features, SIMGEssentials
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SIMGEssentials (The Holiday Playlist Continued): Elevator Art, Batten Down The Hatches, Laura Warshauer, Xenosound, John Anealio

Christmas is upon us, and one week ago SIMGE prepared a playlist of new holiday releases by local and national acts to fill listeners with cheer and good will toward their fellow man while staring the Mayan-predicted apocalypse in its dead [...]

December 24, 2012 Features, SIMGEssentials
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New Song: Anthony Walker – “If I Go Down”

Lauded member of the Asbury Park music scene and New Brunswick-native Anthony Walker released a new single on Tuesday afternoon titled “If I Go Down,” an acoustic guitar-led Folk-Rock number that features Alex Brumel on the accompanying electric six-string and the [...]

December 12, 2012 News, SIMGEssentials
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SIMGEssentials: Bern & The Brights, Alexandra Inglis, My Gold Mask, Big Deal

“Thieves, Creeps, and Automatons” by Bern & The Brights What’s exciting about Independent music collectives is their lack of fear.  These groups don’t feel the obligation to adhere to the bounds of a single medium, almost viewing it as their [...]

December 10, 2012 Features, SIMGEssentials
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SIMGEssentials: James Wells (The Gay Blades), Angel Olsen, SUN CLUB, Tango Machina

“Family” by James Wells (The Gay Blades) Stevenson’s storied tale of Jekyll & Hyde, though undeniably cliche, yet less offensive than declaring an artist as a schizophrenic, accurately describes the creative range of one James Wells.  Better known by his [...]

November 28, 2012 Features, SIMGEssentials
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SIMGEssentials: GayGuy/StraightGuy, Beach Day, Feeding People, The History Of Apple Pie

“Nashville” by GayGuy/StraightGuy Asbury Park’s own GayGuy/StraightGuy, a two-man Rock outfit of various makes and genres featuring former River City Extension six string maestro Nick Cucci and Give Me Static front-man turned stick wielder Bob Paulos, is back with 3 [...]

November 20, 2012 Features, SIMGEssentials